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WoRMS taxon details

Calthalotia arruensis (R. B. Watson, 1880)

AphiaID

719239 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:719239)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Calthalotia Iredale, 1929

Original name

Trochus (Ziziphinus) arruensis R. B. Watson, 1880

Synonymised names

Calliostoma arruense (R. B. Watson, 1880) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Trochus (Thalotia) torresi E. A. Smith, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Trochus (Ziziphinus) arruensis R. B. Watson, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Trochus (Ziziphinus) arruensis R. B. Watson, 1880) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 91. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Arafura Sea

type locality contained in Arafura Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Calthalotia arruensis (R. B. Watson, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719239 on 2026-03-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2013-02-16 02:21:46Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2020-06-11 11:49:17Z

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Herbert, David

2024-05-31 21:18:35Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Trochus (Thalotia) torresi E. A. Smith, 1884) Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 72, pl. 6, fig. A. [details]

original description (of Trochus (Ziziphinus) arruensis R. B. Watson, 1880) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 91. [details]

basis of record Wilson, B.R. (1993). Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Part 1. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia. 408 pp. [details]